Achebe, Chinua
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Acknowledgments

I would also like to express my gratitude to Raymond M. Burse, President
of Kentucky State University. In choosing me to be The University Endowed
Professor of Humanities, President Burse provided me with the time,
facilities, and encouragement that permit me to concentrate on being a serious
scholar.

Gayle Alvis and Susan Ellis, librarians at Kentucky State's Blazer
Library, did some valuable leg work in locating background biographical
materials, and I also want to thank Yvonne Garza for her help in verifying
bibliographical citations.

My wife, Kathy, and my three daughters, Shannon, Ashley, and Kristin, all
helped in the ...